No. 18-7858

Arif Majid v. Jeff Noble, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct religious-prejudice trial-fairness
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prosecutor's appeals to religious prejudice in closing argument and throughout trial to inflame the passions of the jury embody animus or official hostility that violates due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a prosecutor's appeals to religious prejudice in closing argument and throughout trial to inflame the passions of the jury embody animus or official hostility that violates due process, where the trial court gives no curative instruction and the evidence that the defendant committed the offense charged is disputed. i

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Noble, Warden to respond filed.
2019-02-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Arif Majid
J. Philip CalabresePorter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Petitioner
Jeff Noble, Warden
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent